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My Chemical Romance’s The Black Parade tops album chart 20 years after release

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Cooper-Fiske, C. (2026, October 30). My Chemical Romance’s The Black Parade tops album chart 20 years after release. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/my-chemical-romance-manic-street-preachers-official-charts-company-michael-jackson-welsh-b1303011.html

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-10-30 · by Casey Cooper-Fiske

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My Chemical Romance's album "The Black Parade" has returned to the UK album charts as number one, twenty years after its initial release when it peaked at number two. The band also holds other chart successes including a UK number-one single with "Welcome To The Black Parade." Meanwhile, Fontaines DC’s album "Dopamine Chamber" fell to number two, though they achieved another top 40 hit with the song Mimesis.
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My Chemical Romance's The Black Parade album has topped the UK charts 20 years after its initial release, knocking Irish rock band Fontaines DC’s Dopamine Chamber off the number one spot. This reissue celebrates the album's anniversary and marks a significant comeback for My Chemical Romance, who previously had several chart-topping hits in the UK. The Black Parade originally reached number two upon its 2006 release but now sits at number one, while Fontaines DC’s Dopamine Chamber is at number two. Additionally, Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black has also been reissued and currently holds the fourth position on the album chart.

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The Black Parade knocked Irish rock band Fontaines DC’s Dopamine Chamber off the number one spot, with their album sitting at number two this week, but the Irish band, fronted by Grian Chatten, scored their third hit single from the record with Mimesis reaching number 34.
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The record topped the album chart after it was reissued to celebrate the 20th anniversary, having originally reached number two upon its release in 2006. asserted
it → top → 2006
My Chemical Romance have previously had a UK number one single with Welcome To The Black Parade from the album, along with two further top 10 albums in Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge and Danger Days, and two other top 10 singles in Famous Last Words and Teenagers. asserted
Romance → have → Words
The Black Parade knocked Irish rock band Fontaines DC’s Dopamine Chamber off the number one spot, with their album sitting at number two this week, but the Irish band, fronted by Grian Chatten, scored their third hit single from the record with Mimesis reaching number 34. asserted
Mimesis → knock → number
The rest of the top five album chart is comprised of Olivia Rodrigo’s You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love at three, Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black at four, and Michael Jackson compilation The Essential at five. asserted
You → comprise → five
Winehouse’s 2006 record has also been reissued to celebrate its 20th anniversary. asserted
record → reissue → anniversary
In the UK singles chart, Jamie Miller celebrated his second week at the top with Babydoll. asserted
Miller → celebrate → Babydoll
The rest of the top five comprises Tate McRae’s Housewife at two, Ashe’s Stop The Wedding at three, Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan’s Expectations duet at number four, and Sienna Spiro’s Expectations at five. asserted
rest → comprise → five
Ahead of Halloween, Michael Jackson’s single Thriller saw a 61.4% week-on-week uplift, rising 22 places to number 17, while Raye’s Where Is My Husband! jumped 11 places to number 40 after her Mercury Prize win. asserted
Husband → see → win
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